Vera (Apt)
Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Brenda Blethyn stars as Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope in this detective series. Vera is an experienced and brilliant murder investigator in the North East England county of Northumberland. Kind-hearted but an inherent loner, Vera freely admits she can become obsessed with her job; driven by her own demons, the detective faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
Vera (Apt) Previous Broadcasts
Death of a Family Man (Episode #404H)
KQED 9: Thu, Apr 12, 2018 -- 8:00 PM
DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the death of businessman John Searwood, who was found floating under the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. Chief Investigator Owen Preece uncovers that John's business manager has been running a booze scam and John was no longer sleeping in the family home. Vera unpeels all the secrets hidden behind John's veneer of respectability to discover that his downfall in fact delves back to a tragic incident years before.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED 9: Fri, Apr 13, 2018 -- 2:00 AM
The Deer Hunters (Episode #403H)
KQED 9: Thu, Apr 5, 2018 -- 8:00 PM
When DCI Vera Stanhope and DS Joe Ashworth find Shane Thurgood, a suspected poacher, dead from a gunshot wound, Joe concludes it is a hunting accident while Vera digs deeper. Vera uncovers Shane's tragic life and his new inheritance of a vast amount of land. She further digs into Shane's checkered history with a family of poachers and landowners to understand his sudden departure fifteen years ago and what brought him to his ultimate end.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED 9: Fri, Apr 6, 2018 -- 2:00 AM